
Rod o
Union of Poles in Germany
Herausgegeben: Greer, Noelia Penelope
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The Rod o is a Polish emblem used since 1932 by the Union of Poles in Germany. It is a stylized representation of the Vistula River and Kraków as the wellsprings of Polish culture. After Adolf Hitler had seized power in Germany, Nazi emblems were soon nationalized. The swastika became national emblem of the Third Reich and Poles from the Union of Poles in Germany could not use their national symbols anymore, because they were prohibited in Nazi Germany. Dr. Jan Kaczmarek approached the supreme council with the following proposal: "Our acceptance of the swastika and the German greeting could o...
The Rod o is a Polish emblem used since 1932 by the Union of Poles in Germany. It is a stylized representation of the Vistula River and Kraków as the wellsprings of Polish culture. After Adolf Hitler had seized power in Germany, Nazi emblems were soon nationalized. The swastika became national emblem of the Third Reich and Poles from the Union of Poles in Germany could not use their national symbols anymore, because they were prohibited in Nazi Germany. Dr. Jan Kaczmarek approached the supreme council with the following proposal: "Our acceptance of the swastika and the German greeting could only signify agreement to total germanisation. Therefore we must find a way, without risking the accusation of anti-state activity; of not accepting Heil Hitler and the swastica (...) we should at last have our own national symbol, which would, enable us publicity to set ourselves free from the Nazi swastika.